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First UAE nuclear reactor over 50% complete, says ENEC
Arabian Business + NewNase
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that the first of the four
reactors being developed in the UAE is more than 50 percent complete.
The company said in
a statement that Unit
1 is now 57 percent
finished while
construction of the
second reactor is
also well underway.
It added that the
whole project is
progressing "on time
and on budget", in
accordance with
ENEC's strategic
objectives to supply
safe, clean, reliable
and efficient nuclear
energy in the UAE.
ENEC's indicative
timeline for the power station is for Unit 1 to start commercial operation in 2017, Unit 2 in 2018,
Unit 3 in 2019 and the final Unit 4 in 2020. The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR)
recently announced that it had granted ENEC approval to commence construction of Units 3 and
4, following an 18 month rigorous review by the regulator and a team of nuclear energy experts.
In May, ENEC celebrated the arrival of the first reactor vessel, one of the largest components in a
nuclear energy plant. In February, ENEC accomplished another key milestone, installing one of
the largest condensers in the Middle East region. A condenser is a critical component used in all
types of power plants and plays an important role in the generation of electricity, cooling steam
back into water for the turbine generation process to repeat continuously.
The four APR-1400 reactors being developed by ENEC will provide approximately 25 percent of
the UAE's electricity needs, saving up to 12 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each
year. Korea Electric Power Corp won a contract in 2009 to complete four nuclear reactors in the
UAE.

Qafco chief calls for sustainable fertiliser and farm production
Qatar Gulf Times
Adopting a sustainable approach to fertiliser production is a fundamental pillar of the industry’s
commitment to sustainable agriculture and product stewardship, Qafco vice-chairman and CEO,
Khalifa al-Sowaidi has said.
He was addressing the 5th Annual GPCA
fertiliser convention that concluded in Dubai
recently. Al-Sowaidi said efficient production of
fertilisers through operational improvements
was key to improving fertiliser performance and
efficiency, and in turn supporting nutrient
efficiency. “At Qafco, through the adoption of
state-of-the-art and energy-efficient
technologies, we were able to achieve 13% reduction in specific energy consumption for urea
production, which consequently resulted in reduced carbon emission intensity of our products,” he
said.
Al-Sowaidi said, “The world population, which is projected to increase by almost 1bn people within
the next 12 years presents a huge challenge before us. Emphasising on increasing yield per
hectare, he said,” With the talks of agricultural intensification gaining ground, the road map for our
industry’s future is more or less defined. Augmenting production, product value addition,
diversification and focus on research and development will be the drivers of growth in the coming
years.”
On the role of regional fertiliser manufacturers, al-Sowaidi said, “Parts of Africa, South East Asia
and America will be the centres of population growth. Hence, fertiliser industries in the Middle east
stand to play significant role in the years to come by virtue of their geographical location as well as
easier access to raw materials.”
On Qafco’s collaboration with universities of Qatar, he said, “Qafco has taken the lead to
collaborate in research activities with local universities and provide facilities that will benefit many
industries in Qatar, such as deployment of DeNOx
technology.
The company has signed an MoU with Qatar University
to build and commission a heat exchanger pilot plant
and appoint a Qafco chair in Energy Systems at the
College of Engineering. Through this initiative, we aim
to strengthen collaboration between industry and the
academia to enhance the process of connecting
research with education for achieving the objectives and
priorities for Qatar.”
Qafco had sponsored some 25 students from Qatar to
be part of the international convention. He further said
that through the convention organised by GPCA, global
players could discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities in this changing global and
regional market conditions.

Qatar Petroleum shelves Alsajeel petrochemicals project
Reuters +NewBase
Industries Qatar, a leading petrochemical firm in the Gulf, said it had put its multi billion dollar Al
Sejeel petrochemical complex project on hold and was studying a new scheme instead that would
yield better returns.
The company "confirmed that the Al Sejeel Petrochemical Complex project has been put on hold,
and that a new downstream petrochemical project that is expected to yield better economic
returns is instead under study," it said on a bourse statement.
Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) signed an agreement in
February 2012 to jointly develop the Al Sajeel mega-petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan, with
QP holding an 80 per cent stake and Qapco owning the rest.
Industries Qatar owns 80 per cent of Qapco. The Al Sejeel petrochemical project, one of the
world's largest mixed-feed steam crackers, was scheduled for completion in 2018 as part of
Qatar's large-scale expansion of the petrochemicals sector.

Saudi Arabia to power supply Maaden Phosphate from tight gas
The national oil company (NOC) Saudi Aramco is on the verge to develop the tight gas fields identified in
the northwest of the Kingdom to supply the gas-fired power plant required for the giant Maaden Phosphate
City project currently under construction.
Since the USA revolutionized the gas markets with
the development of the shale gas, all the key players
of the energy market such as Saudi Arabia needed
to rethink their strategy. To use crude oil at $100
per barrel to produce electricity or feed ethylene
crackers is no longer admitted when the gas price is
dropping to $2 per million btu. Since Saudi
Aramco is re-injecting a part of the associated gas
for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to boost the crude
oil production out of the maturing fields, any
opportunity to develop non-associated gas should
be explored.
This strategy applies to the unconventional gas for
which Saudi Arabia is listed among the top five
countries with 645 trillion cubic feet (tcf) estimated recoverable reserves of shale and tight gas behind
China, USA, Argentina and Mexico. In proportion, Saudi Arabia holds reserves more than twice
unconventional gas than conventional gas.
For the last five years, Saudi Aramco put a major effort to evaluate this unconventional resources knowing
that water availability shall be the limiting factor. Saudi Aramco identified the three most attractive regions
where the shale gas and tight gas could be technically developed:
- Northwest of Saudi Arabia near by Turaif and along the border with Jordan
- South Ghawar as a side formation of the eponymous world largest crude oil field in the Eastern Province
- Rub Al-Khali in the south of the Empty Quarter
Since Maaden is investing $7 billion capital expenditure in the Phosphate City project, the Northwest tight
gas fields are ideally located to power supply all the facilities to be installed at Waad Al-Shamal. The Saudi
Electricity Company (SEC) is planning a 1000 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP)
supported by a 50MW solar power plant.
In order to run SEC Waad Al Shamal power plant, Saudi Aramco is planning to supply 200 million cubic
feet per day (cf/d) of natural gas. The corresponding gas central processing facility (CPF) will be designed
in skid-mounted modules in order to follow the development of the tight gas field in the Saudi Arabia
northern region. Each module will have a treatment capacity of 50 million cf/d of natural gas. In addition to
the Waad Al-Shamal gas central processing facility the project will include:
- 10 welllheads,10 flowlines , Control room ,Metering station , Gas gathering center, and
Gas gathering center to gas CPF
Considering that the Saudi Electricity Company Waad Al-Shamal power plant and the Saudi Aramco Turaif
tight gas field development projects should be awarded on early 2015, the Waad Al-Shamal gas central
processing facility should start commercial operations by 2017.

Western firms win key Egypt oil, gas blocks
Reuters + NewBase
Egypt has signed oil and gas exploration deals worth $187 million with several Western
companies and a Tunisian firm to cover seven exploration areas in the Suez Canal, Egypt's
western desert, the Mediterranean sea and the Nile Delta.
The agreements cover seven exploration areas. Germany's RWE won two exploration blocks in
the Gulf of Suez, while Tunisia's HBSI, Canada's TransGlobe and Italy's Edison secured five
blocks in Egypt's western desert, the petroleum ministry said on Friday.
In December, Egypt's General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Natural Gas Holding Company
(EGAS) announced an international auction for oil and gas exploration concessions in accordance
with production sharing agreements.
The concessions are for areas in the Suez Canal, Egypt's western desert, the Mediterranean sea
and the Nile Delta, the state-owned firms said Exploration companies have been hesitant to
develop untapped gas finds in Egyptian waters partly because the amount the government pays
them barely covers their investment costs.
Egypt has been struggling with soaring energy bills caused by the high subsidies it provides on
fuel for its population of 85 million. The subsidies have turned the country from a net energy
exporter into a net importer over the last few years. Egypt has started repaying some of its debt to
foreign oil companies, which had reached more than $6 billion.

Philippines: Searcher Seismic commences acquisition of Mialara 2D
Broadband Seismic Survey, East of Palawan. Source: Searcher Seismic
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with the Philippines Department of Energy, and in conjunction
with SeaBird Exploration, has announced that acquisition of the Mialara 2D seismic survey, East
of Palawan in the Philippines has commenced. The ~5,000 km survey over a 10 by 10 km grid in
the Mialara sub-basin includes coverage over the PECR5 bid round Blocks 4, 5 and 6. Acquisition
is due for completion in mid-October. Fast track data will be available to ensure ample time for
evaluation of the blocks for the PECR5 bidding round.
The Mialara 2D survey follows and provides infill to Searcher’s Pala-Sulu regional multi-client
2D survey which highlighted the prospectivity of the East Palawan basins and provided justification
for the more detailed Mialara 2D survey. The Mialara 2D seismic survey is being acquired in
addition to the recently completed Pinatubo 2D survey in West Luzon, which brings Searcher’s
total data library in the Philippines to ~19,000 km.

Chevron unloads Dutch assets
Press release
Chevron, a U.S.-based oil giant, has announced today that it will divest its interest in its
Dutch North Sea assets.
The company’s subsidiary, Chevron Netherlands Holdings B.V. has entered into a share sale agreement to
sell its shares in Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands B.V., including its interest in Chevron
Transportation B.V., to Petrogas International E&P Coӧperatief U.A., which is a subsidiary of Oman-based
Petrogas E&P LLC (part of MB Holding group of companies).
“Chevron has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the people and government of the Netherlands;
however, our decision to enter into the share sale agreement for these upstream assets was a result of the
company’s drive to focus on assets more aligned with our long-term strategic growth objectives,” said
Craig May, managing director, Chevron Upstream Europe.
The transaction includes the sale of the Chevron subsidiary’s interests in 11 offshore blocks on the Dutch
Continental Shelf, which in 2013 had an average net daily production of approximately 2,000 barrels of
crude oil and 41 million cubic feet of natural gas.
The sale also includes 100 per cent of the shares in Chevron Transportation B.V., which owns offshore and
onshore crude oil and natural gas handling and transportation infrastructure.

Russian Firm Ready to Work on Iran Gas Trunklines
N-Gas Asia + NewBase
Russian firms are interested in constructing and completing Iran Gas Trunklines (IGATs),
according a senior official at National Iranian Gas Company.
Asghar Soheilipour, director of investment committee at NIGC, said the Russian firms are ready to
handle IGAT-6, IGAT-7, IGAT-9 and IGAT-11, all destined to export Iran’s gas, oil ministry owned
Shana News reported.
He said that a memorandum has been signed with a Russian company for the construction of a
pipeline stretching from Iranshahr to Chabahar in southeastern Iran. “For the construction of this
pipeline, we need 700 million dollars in investment,” said Soheilipour.
Soheilipour added that Gas Engineering and Development Company is currently gathering the
necessary data for 300-kilometer Iranshahr-Chabahar
pipeline, Shana News said. IGAT-7, stretching from
Assaluyeh to Iranshahr, needs 2 billion dollars in investment.
IGAT-6 stretches from Assaluyeh to the southwestern city of
Ahvaz while IGAT-9 starts from Assaluyeh and continues up
to Bazargan along Iran-Turkey border.
IGAT-11 starts from Assaluyeh and finally reaches Tehran
and the northeastern city of Mashhad.
Iran Gas Trunkline (IGAT) is the series of large diameter
pipelines constructed from gas producing areas in the south
of Iran (Kuzestan and Bushehr Provinces) in order to transfer
natural gas to the consumption centres in northern part of the
country.

India: BPCL to Strengthen its LNG Portfolio
Source: BPCL + DNA India newspaper
Indian state owned energy company BPCL plans to plans to strengthen its LNG portfolio by tying
up additional long-term gas import contracts, according to DNA India newspaper. In addition to
signing more long term contracts, BPCL also intends to acquire new LNG terminals and lay
pipelines to enable smooth transport.
"We are looking at international commitment as far as long-term gas import is concerned. In the
next few months, we could tie up 1-2 mt long-term gas contract, which would then hit the market
through these terminals and use pipeline network to reach customers," S Varadrajan, chairman
and managing director, said in a press meet, reported DNA.
BPCL plans to take substantial portion of gas from Kochi LNG terminal when its expansion is
complete and it is connected with a pipeline. The company will add 1 mt capacity at Dahej LNG
terminal.
Currently, the company has a gas contract with Rasgas, which receives gas through Dahej
terminal. Gas will be coming to Kochi terminal after 2017, which will take care of the gas
requirement of the company's refinery and upcoming petrochemical capacity, DNA said.
"We are looking at acquiring terminal capacities both at east and west coast. We are looking at a
capacity 1-3 mt to satisfy our long-term demand," Varadrajan said.

Exxon Close to Completing Drilling on the Hides Gas Field in PNG
ExxonMobil, operator of the PNG LNG Project, is close to completing development drilling on
the Hides gas field in Papua New Guinea. The eighth production well, G2 at Wellpad G, has
encountered the Toro/Digimu reservoir and has been completed as a producer.
Results from the eight new production wells and the PWD well have been largely consistent with
expectations, with all wells showing good pressure communication. The new structural, log and
pressure data from all the wells will be used to update the Hides structural and reservoir models.
This work, which is expected to be concluded in 2015, will help further define the Hides gas
resources and distribution.
Rig 702 will now be moved to the Angore field to drill two further PNG LNG Project production
wells, while Rig 703 is currently being mobilised to Wellpad F, to drill the Hides F1 Deep
development/exploration well. The PNG LNG Project is operated by ExxonMobil PNG Limited in
co-venture with Oil Search Limited, National Petroleum Company of PNG, Santos Limited, JX
Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation, Mineral Resources Development Company
(representing landowners) and Petromin PNG Holdings Limited. The PNG LNG shipped its first
fuel in May this year to Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. (TEPCO).

Gazprom, CNPC to Sign Western Route Gas Supply Deal
Source : Gazprom + NewBase
Russia’s Gazprom plans to sign a 30-year gas supply contract with China via the western route,
the company's CEO Alexei Miller said Wednesday, Xinhua reported. "Gazprom plans to sign a
contract to supply China with 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas via western route over thirty
years," Miller told President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow.
Gazprom and CNPC are expected to ink the 30 year contract in November, Xinhua added. The
China-Russia West Route natural gas pipeline project connects gas deposits in Western Siberia
and the northwestern part of China via Russia's Altai region.
Miller also said Gazprom might consider more than doubling the volume of supply. In May this
year, Gazprom and CNPC signed 'China and Russia Purchase and Sales Contract on East Route
Gas Project'. As per the deal, Russia will supply 38 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually
from 2018 via east route pipeline for a period of 30 years. Gas will be supplied from eastern
Siberia and Sakha Republic Kovykta gas field.

Indonesia Inaugurates Two Gas Projects Worth $1.15 billion
Indonesia inaugurated two oil and gas projects worth Rp 13.6 trillion ($1.15 billion) in Balikpapan,
East Kalimantan, on Monday.
Two projects are Ruby Gas field development project in Sebuku block, which is managed by
Mubadala Petroleum and Sisi Nubi 2B gas field project in Mahakam block which is operated by
Total E&P Indonesia, country’s oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said.
Ruby gas field is expected to produce about 250 billion cubic feet of gas during its 10-year life
span and the output is reserved for domestic consumption. Sisi Nubi 2B field, which is located
offshore Kartanegara in East Kalimantan, has a production capacity of up to 350 million standard
cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas.
Mubadala Petroleum's Indonesian President, Chris Jones, said it was important for Mubadala to
complete the development of the Ruby field efficiently, on time, within budget, and most
importantly safely. According to the approved plans of developments (POD), the second phase of
the project involves adding 35 wells that would cost $1.03 billion.

China Expected to Produce 6.5 bcm of Shale Gas Next Year
Press Conference
China is expected to produce 1.5 billion cubic meters of shale gas in 2014 and about 6.5 billion
cubic meters next year, according to a press conference transcript posted on Wednesday on the
Ministry of Land and Resources website.
Chinese energy majors are expected to boost shale
gas output by 40 percent a year to meet country’s
production target, the transcript stated.
Sinopec is likely to produce 1 bcm of shale gas this
year and as much as 3.5 billion cubic meters by 2015.
The company is expected to invest 21.5 billion yuan
($3.5 billion) in shale-gas drilling.PetroChina is aiming
for an output of about 2.5 billion cubic meters in 2015
after investing 11.2 billion yuan.
In July, Sinopec’s Fuling field was verified by Chinese government as country’s largest shale gas
play. China’s Ministry of Land and Resources verified proven reserves of nearly 107 billion cubic
metres (bcm) in the Fuling shale gas field.
Sinopec’s average daily shale gas production at Fuling field in Sichuan Basin hit 3.2 million cubic
meters by the end of June.

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